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8 months agoAs someone that uses a custom domain for the majority of his email, it’s not really a privacy thing, it’s a control thing.
I have hundreds of unique unpredictable email addresses and I can disconnect them at will to stop spam.
Hiker, software engineer (primarily C++, Java, and Python), Minecraft modder, hunter (of the Hunt Showdown variety), biker, adoptive Akronite, and general doer of assorted things.
As someone that uses a custom domain for the majority of his email, it’s not really a privacy thing, it’s a control thing.
I have hundreds of unique unpredictable email addresses and I can disconnect them at will to stop spam.
Eh… Without examples, I don’t know that this is a good warning.
Everyone gets into different technologies at their own pace. Even if it does bite OP in some abstract way because they eventually get to some complex use case, that’s okay; it’s all a learning experience.